Overcrowding and understaffing continue to plague Ontario jails: NDP MPP Gretzky
Автор: Lisa Gretzky
Загружено: 2014-10-29
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QUEEN’S PARK — NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky called for the government to end quick fix band-aid solutions and commit to fixing the problem of staff shortages at Ontario’s correctional facilities.
“The short-staffing of correctional facilities is not just a problem in Windsor, it’s not just a problem in London, but across the entire correctional system in this province,” explained Gretzky, MPP for Windsor West. “It’s a health and safety issue for the staff and a safety and service issue for the offenders.”
Windsor’s new $247-million South West Detention Centre is unable to accommodate all of the inmates, so officials have been transferring inmates to the Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre in London.
Gretzky said one of the reasons the Windsor facility isn’t fully operational is because it is currently understaffed, leading to frequent lockdowns on the weekends at the overcrowded London facility.
“The minister mentioned plans to hire 300 officers. Windsor alone would take up one fifth of the number planned for this entire province,” said Gretzky. “What would the minister do to fix the problem of staff shortages at existing correctional facilities and ensure all new facilities are adequately staffed?”
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